Preparing For Birth The preparations I did for the labor and delivery of our baby girl are a huge part of my birth story. About halfway through my pregnancy, I realized how quickly things were happening. Wasn’t it just yesterday we were telling our family and friends the happy news? Now, all of a sudden we were gearing up for the anatomy scan and waist-deep in planning the nursery. Then, next up was the baby shower and the final stretch of pregnancy! It was going soo fast! In…
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Divi Scalp Serum Review During Postpartum Hair Loss
I had just started going through the height of my postpartum hair loss during month 4. I was losing so much hair from all over and got those common postpartum bald spots by my temples. I had been so anxious about this because I already had a hard time growing baby hairs there before pregnancy. It was scary to see the handfuls of hair coming out in the shower and the bald spots becoming more prevalent was all so depressing. That’s when I decided to start Divi. The…
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First-Time Mom Baby Must-Haves
Congratulations! You are going to be a MOM! What an exciting and heartwarming time in your life! Once you’ve settled into the realization that you will have a new little human joining your family in just a few months, you may soon feel the need to start preparing for their BIG arrival! As a First-Time-Mom myself, I understand the overwhelm that comes with starting from scratch on allll the baby items needed. Each item has at least 20 different versions, and when there are 100s of items to…
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Second Trimester Wrap-Up
If there is one thing I’ve learned so far during this pregnancy it’s how quickly time flies!! I can’t believe I’m here writing about my second trimester as it’s already happened, and I’m currently 6 weeks away from our baby’s due date. Time really gets away from you when you’re busy preparing for a special new addition to the family! The closer we get the more ready I am to meet our little one. But, I’m also trying to take in these last few weeks of being a…
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First Trimester Wrap-Up
On Thursday, April 15th I got out of bed after Richie left for work and got dressed. As I was shaking with anticipation I set up my phone to record my reaction after taking a pregnancy test. If you’ve read my “Life Update” blog post then you know the story already. Rewind to Tuesday of the same week, I had started spotting. It was time for my Aunt Flow to pay a visit. So, this was my initial thought. But then I realized it was different than normal.…